Triple
T8578365
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Gardner (philosopher) |
E203105
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Gardner
John Gardner was a prominent British legal philosopher known for his influential work on the nature of law, responsibility, and moral philosophy, particularly during his tenure as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.
|
E744190
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: John Gardner | Statement: [John Gardner (philosopher), name, John Gardner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Gardner Context triple: [John Gardner (philosopher), name, John Gardner]
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A.
John Gardner
John Gardner was an American novelist and literary critic best known for works like "Grendel" and "The Sunlight Dialogues," as well as for his influential writings on the craft and morality of fiction.
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B.
John Lowell Gardner Jr.
John Lowell Gardner Jr. was a prominent Boston businessman and art patron best known as the husband and collaborator of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner in building their renowned art collection.
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C.
John Gardner (British writer)
John Gardner was a British author best known for his James Bond continuation novels and his crime and spy fiction.
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D.
William Merrill
William Merrill was an individual significant enough in local history that the town of Merrillville, Indiana, was named in his honor.
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E.
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell was an English-born character actor active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: John Gardner Triple: [John Gardner (philosopher), name, John Gardner]
Generated description
John Gardner was a prominent British legal philosopher known for his influential work on the nature of law, responsibility, and moral philosophy, particularly during his tenure as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Gardner Target entity description: John Gardner was a prominent British legal philosopher known for his influential work on the nature of law, responsibility, and moral philosophy, particularly during his tenure as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.
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A.
John Gardner
John Gardner was an American novelist and literary critic best known for works like "Grendel" and "The Sunlight Dialogues," as well as for his influential writings on the craft and morality of fiction.
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B.
John Lowell Gardner Jr.
John Lowell Gardner Jr. was a prominent Boston businessman and art patron best known as the husband and collaborator of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner in building their renowned art collection.
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C.
John Gardner (British writer)
John Gardner was a British author best known for his James Bond continuation novels and his crime and spy fiction.
-
D.
William Merrill
William Merrill was an individual significant enough in local history that the town of Merrillville, Indiana, was named in his honor.
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E.
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell was an English-born character actor active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea989bec81909b8c8b4af7c568ff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce89a5d18c81908a21cf5e5944d6e1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce8ac1dba48190bbad47a762130aab |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce8eae70008190b2c7bbe4ce8d4c0a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.